Pericarpium. Nullum.

Semina plurima, desinentia in caudam pilosam.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are oval, spreading, blunt, and deciduous.

Blossom. Petals twelve, linear, narrowest at base, blunt, and spread open.

Chives. Threads many, very short. Tips oblong, pointed.

Pointal. Seed-buds numerous, oblong. Shafts hairy. Summits simple, the length of the tips.

Seed-vessel. None.

Seeds many, terminating in a hairy tail.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Atragene, foliis ternatis; foliolis incisis, dentatis, rigidis; flore incarnato, semipleno.